Elegant fat-tailed mouse opossum photograph

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

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Scientific nameThylamys elegans
Mass29 g (Adult)
Length12 cm (Adult)
Conservation statusLeast Concern (Population decreasing)
Trophic levelOmnivorous
Phylum Chordata
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID2177215
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About Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum


The elegant fat-tailed mouse opossum, also known as the Chilean mouse opossum, is an opossum from central Chile. The type species of Thylamys, it was first described by English naturalist George Robert Waterhouse in 1839.

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